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19TH GREAT HALLOWEEN LANTERN PARADE & FESTIVAL

Squeal with delight at bumps in the night, howl at the moon, and march through the night!

Calling all ghosts and ghouls, visions and vampires, frights and Frankenstein’s! By the light of the glowing moon, on the 27th of October, we gather to march through historic Patterson Park. Join your neighbors, friends, and family and help bring this year's festival and parade to life! More Info

3:30PMThe day begins at 3:30pm with Baltimore's BEST family Halloween festival featuring an adorable kids costume contest, lantern making, hayrides, dancers, live music, an arts & crafts market, and more! Local food trucks and the beer garden stay open until 9pm. Bring your picnic blanket and enjoy the afternoon! View The Festival Map

The Parade

6:30PM Line-up | 7PM StartOnce the sun sets, the magic begins! Grab your lantern and get ready to march with thousands of your neighbors, artists, musicians, and performers. You can also line up along the parade route to watch the delightful Great Halloween Lantern Parade!!

EVERYONE is welcome to dress in costume, bring a lantern, and march in the Parade.

2018 Burlesque-A-Pades Halloween Spooktacular

Celebrate Halloween locked away in the Burlesque-A-Pades Asylum—no one knows what horrors that lie behind closed doors. Each act shakes you to your core! PLUS come in costume for your chance to win a grab-bag full of over $500 in spectacularly spooky prizes! So knock three times and come to the Asylum. You may never leave…mwahhaaaaaa!!!!Tix & Info

James McMurtry

Texas singer/songwriter known for his hard-edged character sketches, James McMurtry, makes his Creative Alliance debut with a full band for a Halloween night blowout! Bonnie Whitmore may have a heart of gold, an outsized personality, and a roof-raising laugh, but don't be fooled—her debut album has a body count. Tix & InfoLimited seating, standing room show. Please contact the box office for accessibility concerns.

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Paula Vogel’s chronicle of one woman’s journey to break the cycle—and silence—of sexual abuse is a heartbreaking, sardonic, and uncomfortably funny exploration of the complicated relationships between victims, offenders, and enablers. Li’l Bit’s “education” at the hands of her Uncle Peck began when she was just 11 years old. As an adult survivor, she takes the stage to unravel the tangled roadmap of emotions and memories that paved the way for her to reclaim her narrative. Amber Paige McGinnis makes her Round House directorial debut with one of the most resonantly powerful plays in the modern American canon, with a message that is still all too relevant in this pivotal #MeToo moment in our history. Content Advisory: This production contains scenes depicting acts of sexual abuse, incest, and its aftermath.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes peek into the technical rehearsal process for HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, created by director Amber Paige McGinnis. Did you know that Amber is also an accomplished filmmaker? She recorded this video to give audiences an inside look into the part of the process they usually don’t see. CLICK HERE

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Don't miss Q&As with Director Marilyn Ness and the subjects of the film.

2018, USA, 105 minutes

On the streets of Baltimore, shooting is rampant, the murder rate is approaching an all-time high and the distrust of the police is at a fever pitch.With nerves frayed and neighborhoods in distress, dedicated community leaders, compassionate law enforcement officers and a progressive young city councilman try to stem the epidemic of violence.

Filmed over three tumultuous years covering the lead up to, and aftermath of, Freddie Gray’s death in police custody, Charm City is an intimate cinema verité portrait of those surviving in, and fighting for, the vibrant city they call home.

Filmmaker Marilyn Ness and participants from the film will be in attendance for a Q&A at the following screenings:

A group of 11 Baltimore-area musicians will breathe new life into the classic with six original new musical scores set to the scenes of the film. Along with the live music, the film will also be accompanied by foley sound artist, Matt Davies, creating live sound effects!

Along with the screenings, there will be a free silhouette animation workshop in the lobby of the Parkway teaching puppet building, lighting techniques, and animating with a smartphone.

The film was made with gorgeous cut paper silhouette animation, telling a tale from The Arabian Nights of Prince Achmed who overcomes the deception of an evil sorcerer, finds love, befriends Aladdin, and embarks on a wondrous adventure.

"It is a wonderfully artistic production, in which there are countless ingenious ideas" - 1931 New York Times Review

When The Adventures of Prince Achmed premiered in Germany on September 23, 1926, it was hailed as the first full-length animated film. More than seventy-five years later, this enchanting film still stands as one of the great classics of animation — beautiful, mesmerizing and utterly seductive.

First opened in 1915, Station North's historic Parkway Theatre returned in 2017 as the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Parkway - after an $18.2 million restoration that made it Baltimore’s centerpiece for film appreciation and education.

With screenings every day, the SNF Parkway showcases films from every era, region, and genre, with a focus on independent, international, documentary, classic, and cult-favorite films, providing audiences with a fresh and immersive new window into the art form.

The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) and Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) today announced their participation in For Freedoms, a national platform for creative civic engagement discourse, and direct action. Through its 50 State Initiative, For Freedoms is bringing together a multiplicity of voices to spark a national dialogue about art, education, commerce, and politics. Members of the public are invited to join in the conversation during a reception and artist talk with For Freedoms co-founder Hank Willis Thomas (left) on Wednesday, October 17, 5–7:30 p.m. at MICA’s Falvey Hall.

In conjunction with the program, MICA announced the appointment of Thomas as its first Creative Citizenship Fellow. In spring 2018, MICA, along with the California College of the Arts (CCA) worked with For Freedoms (www.forfreedoms.org) to establish the For Freedoms Residency in Creative Citizenship. At its core, this joint residency is an artistic and organizational strategy for the two colleges to build frameworks for democratic participation on their respective campuses and in their local communities, and to extend this work to other colleges, universities, and arts organizations at a national level.

Since fall 2017, the BMA has been encouraging communities throughout Baltimore to come together for creative conversations by hosting The Necessity of Tomorrow(s), public event series on art, race, and social justice and imagining the future. The October 17 reception and artist talk with Thomas is the third event in the series.

These initiatives reflect the commitments of the BMA and MICA to programs and initiatives that take community-based and publicly engaged approaches to art, contemporary discourse, and art and design education.

Hank Willis Thomas will be an artist in residence at MICA October 17–19. His multi-event engagement includes:

● For Freedoms Town Hall: The Role of Institutions in Civil Society –Wednesday, October 17, 3–5 p.m. at MICA’s Falvey Hall, co-sponsored and co-organized with the BMA. In addition to Hank Willis Thomas, speakers include: Samuel Hoi (MICA), Peter Zellner (Free School of Architecture), Christopher Bedford (BMA), Melani Douglas (National Museum of Women in the Arts), Heidi Daniel (Enoch Pratt Free Library) and Jenny Ferretti (MICA), who will discuss the role of institutions in contemporary civil society.The panel discussion isopen to invited guests only.

● The Necessity of Tomorrow(s): Reception & Artist Talk with Hank Willis Thomas –Wednesday, October 17, 5–7:30 p.m. at MICA’s Falvey Hall, co-sponsored and co-organized with the BMA. Thomas will discuss the relationship of his artistic practice, civic engagement, community building and the role of the creative community in fostering a more civil society during the talk at 6 p.m. The reception begins at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, and is available on a first come, first served basis.

● For Freedoms Exhibitions – Thomas will collaborate with MICA’s Curatorial Practice graduate students on Thursday, October 18, to develop exhibitions related to For Freedoms that will be on display January–March 2019. Thomas’s second visit to MICA for the closing of the exhibition in March 2019, includes a panel discussion with José Ruiz, Director of the MFA program in Curatorial Practice; Gerald Ross, Director of Exhibitions; and one Curatorial Practice student about the exhibition.

● For Freedoms Billboards– Two billboards designed by artist and BMA Trustee Adam Pendleton and artist Steve Locke respectively will be installed in two locations in Baltimore City: on Erdman Avenue, north of North Point Boulevard, and on North Avenue, east of Howard Street.

● For Freedoms Curriculum– MICA is developing a curriculum that will reside on the For Freedoms Web Platform that includes workshops, assignments, and other resources that will be available, open-source, to anyone interested.

● For Freedoms AICAD Panel Discussion & Luncheon – MICA, CCA, and For Freedoms will hold a panel discussion on Artists, Designers, Citizens and luncheon at the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) Symposium in Chicago on November 9, 2018. The purpose of these presentations will be to engage other art and design institutions and organizations in this initiative.

An die Musik Live is honored to present the music of the late, legendary pianist and composer Randy Weston. The tribute will be performed by the Randy Weston African Rhythm Quartet. His longtime band members are Alex Blake on bass, Neil Clarke on percussion, and T.K.Blue, saxophone/flute and musical director.

Randy Weston (April 6, 1926 - September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection.

Described as "America's African Musical Ambassador", he said, "What I do I do because it's about teaching and informing everyone about our most natural cultural phenomenon. It's really about Africa and her music."

True Fluorescent Skeleton is an hour long exploration of memory, machinery, rust, ghosts, cybernetics and neon while pushing into the utter sonic horizon of the tenor saxophone. James Young (composer) and Tyrone Page, Jr. (sax), got to know each other through musical projects in and around the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, MD. Ty is pushed to the extremes of his technique, building grooves of pulsed multi-phonics, marking the limits of breath and endurance, and channeling intense, patient focus into expanding the acoustic universe of the saxophone.

Anna Crooks & Jarrett GilgoreThere are melodies hidden in speech. Anna & Jarrett unearth these melodies and provide a strange new context for poetry. The duo began during Superbowl LI (2017) and has since performed around Baltimore on lineups with Susan Alcorn, Twig Harper, Lexie Mountain, BLUD. Expect a recording to come out in the next 5 years.

Anna K. Crooks is a poet and artist living and working in Baltimore, MD. She is a member of the artist collective Open Space and co-founded the poetry programs Proliferate and Tender F.M.

TONED is the electroacoustic music ensemble of Nathan Corder (electronics), Tom Weeks (alto saxophone), and Leo Suarez (drum set). TONED engages with extremes, operating in the realms of deeply listened sensitivity, muscular sonic assaults, and impenetrable modernist abstractions. Split between the Bay Area and Philadelphia, the three members of TONED have collectively worked with luminaries including Roscoe Mitchell, William Winant, Jaap Blonk, and Jack Wright, as well as groups such as JITTERS, Taiwan Housing Project, Nude Tayne and wMerchandise.

Jason Charney is a composer and sound artist, “I compose music for instruments and electronics, and I also create multimedia art.”

"One of the iconic plays of American theater… this production is very good, well crafted, acted and staged." –WCBM

"From the fertile mind of Judith Ivey, a two-time Tony Award-winning actress making an equally tony directorial debut at Center Stage…. Under her guidance, this ensemble earns the same accolade Walter Kerr gave to Elia Kazan’s original Broadway troupe, ‘You’ll believe every word that’s unspoken.’" —DC Metro Theater Arts

"Cat is such a lush Southern gothic tragedy, almost a melodrama, that you find yourself laughing at the god-awful things that tumble out of the characters’ mouths (secretly wish you had the guts to be so luridly crass), just as much as you gasp at their beastly behavior." —DC Theatre Scene

"[Director Judith] Ivey gives us the Maggie and Brick we want to believe in... Ivey has helmed a really admirable production." –Broadway World

"The performances are magnificent. This is one of the best plays I've seen at Center Stage or anywhere." —CultureSeen4u

PRAISE FROM OUR AUDIENCES: "Excellent... Amazing!""Breathtakingly good.""5 Stars. Center Stage does everything great.""This is an awesome production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.""I highly recommend everyone see this show.""This show is fantastic. Don’t miss it.""Probably the best play I’ve ever seen.""As a Southerner I’ve never seen a better production."

New York’s undisputed queen of the underground, veteran of Andy Warhol’s Factory, and legendary avant-gardist Penny Arcade, descends on Baltimore with a rock n’ roll blend of stand-up comedy and memoir – a fierce, visionary and ultimately hopeful critique of New York’s slide from the “city that never sleeps” to the “city that can’t wake up.” It might be about the Big Apple, but there is enough here for Charm City to chew on as we grow and change.

PENNY ARCADE (aka Susana Ventura) is an internationally respected writer, poet, actress and theatre maker, and one of a handful of artists who created and continue to define performance art. Penny debuted with John Vaccaro’s explosive Playhouse of the Ridiculous at age 17, and was a Warhol Factory Superstar at 19, featured in the Warhol film Women in Revolt. With an artistic career spanning almost 50 years, Arcade occupies a unique position in the American avant-garde. HM Koutoukas referred to her as ‘the little sister of the avant-garde’ because of her long association with the architects of the American counter culture movement: Andy Warhol, Charles Henri Ford, John Vaccaro, Judith Malina, Taylor Mead, Jack Smith, Harry Smith, Tom O’Horgan, and Charles Ludlam among others.

Comedian and writer James Veitch, has become renowned for his unashamedly nerdy and hilarious stand up material. A former Apple Store Genius, Veitch’s comedy is high-tech: picking apart, parodying (and pranking) the fast-advancing and perplexing technology we live with. His live shows have explored technology, retro-gaming, and finding love through troubleshooting theory. Tix & Info

The nuttiest, musical cult film of all time rockets back from 1975. We screen the film, sing the songs, and show off our favorite raunchy Rocky Horror Picture Show performers. Tighten up your garters, come up to the lab, and see what's on the slab! Hosted by Betty O’HellnoTix & Info

OPENING RECEPTION

Annual Highlandtown Arts District Exhibition

WHEN: On View: OCT 19 - NOV 10 Reception: FRI OCT 19 | 6-8PM

A Highlandtown tradition! Visit the Creative Alliance’s Amalie Rothschild Gallery for the Annual Highlandtown Arts District exhibition featuring a sampling of the many prolific Baltimore artists who live or work within the boundaries of the HA District. Tix & Info

ellen cherry’s RAIN CHECKwith Eze Jackson and June Star

WHEN: SUN OCT 21 | 7PM

Experience ellen cherry’s rained out Artscape set of new material (with guest musicians, Max Bent (beatboxing), Richard Crafton (banjo), Thillman Benham (cello) and Andrew Grimm (guitar). Eze Jackson and June Star each play an opening set of their original music! Umbrellas not required! Tix & Info

On Wednesday, October 10, at 7:30 pm, acclaimed violinist Shlomo Mintz will perform with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra as both guest conductor and violin soloist. The program includes Johannes Brahms’ Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a; Felix Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68. This concert, in Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, will be free. Tickets are currently unavailable; please call the Box Office at 667-208-6620 to be added to the waiting list.

EVENTS THIS WEEK

Wednesday, October 10, 6:30 pm

Peabody’s Arthur Friedheim Library and Baltimore Musicales will present a free concert, “Force of Destiny: The Life and Music of Rosa Ponselle,” in the George Peabody Library. Peabody performers on the concert will include vocalists Claire Galloway, Annie Gill, Min Jin, and Thea Tullman Moore with pianist Ka Nyoung Yoo. Following the concert, audience members are invited to visit the Friedheim Library for a reception and an opportunity to view an exhibit of historical items from the Rosa Ponselle collection. More information about the collection is available at musiclibrary.peabody.jhu.edu/rosaponselle.

Wednesday, October 10, 7:30 pm

Peabody at Homewood will present a Galician bagpipes program titled “LATINA” by Cristina Pato, Julien Labro, Edward Perez, and Mauricio Zottarelli. The performance will take place at the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive. Register for free tickets online. A pre-concert lecture for Hopkins students will take place at 3:30 pm. For more information, contact Peabody.at.Homewood@gmail.com.

Thursday, October 11, 6:00 pm

Peabody students Zachary Grimm, guitar, and Amanda Dame, flute, will perform in the free Peabody at the Pratt Library Series at the Hamilton branch, 5910 Harford Rd, Baltimore.

Thursday, October 11, 7:30 pm

The Peabody Jazz Ensemble, led by Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair in Jazz Studies Sean Jones, will perform a program slated to include Perdido by Juan Tizol; Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter, arranged by Igmar Thomas; Butterfly by Herbie Hancock; My Ship by Kurt Weill, arranged by Dave Rivello; R+P by Igmar Thomas; Along Came Betty by Benny Golson; and Tip-Toe by Thad Jones. This concert, in Joe Byrd Hall, will be free. Tickets are currently unavailable; please call the Box Office at 667-208-6620 to be added to the waiting list.

The Historical Performance Department will perform a departmental recital in Leith Symington Griswold Hall featuring guest artist and baroque cello alumnus Wade Davis, with Patrick Merrill, harpsichord. The program, including works by Couperin, Buonnoncini, and Vivaldi, is free and open to the public.

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

The Historical Performance Department will present a performance class including the works of Giulio Caccini and W.F. Bach in Leith Symington Griswold Hall. The performance is free and open to the public.

Wednesday, October 3, 7:30 pm

The ETHEL Quartet– Ralph Farris, viola; Kip Jones, violin; Dorothy Lawson, cello; and Corin Lee, violin – will present an open, cabaret-style performance where they will play music drawn from their various themed concerts and relate stories from the road. The program is expected to include works by Dan Friel, Philip Glass, Kip Jones, Phil Kline, Corin Lee, Julia Wolfe, and Marcelo Zarvos. The free performance is sponsored by the Levi Family Distinguished Artists Fund. Tickets are currently unavailable; please call the Box Office at 667-208-6620 to be added to the waiting list.

Thursday, October 4, 10:00 am

The ETHEL Quartet, an ensemble that redefines contemporary concert music, will present a talk titled “Developing Your New Ensemble,” a discussion and Q & A session to learn about ETHEL’s approach to their ensemble structure. Peabody ensembles and soloists will have the opportunity to work one on one with members of ETHEL to present and explore student materials. This event in the Arthur Friedheim Library is free and open to the public.

The Peabody on the Court series features Conservatory Students performing in the Sculpture Court of the Walters Art Museum. This Friday, Anastasia Kupstas performs a recital of music for solo saxophone, including Benjamin Britten’s Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Joan Tower’s Wings, and Karlheinz Stockhausen’s In Freundschaft. This event is free and open to the public.

Sidra Bell, a master lecturer at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, will present a master class in the new BFA in dance program in Room B29 in Austrian Hall. Bell will speak on “Contemporary Systems,” an interior and material approach to movement encouraging provocative thought and an immersive approach to the subject matter of the body.

Saturday, October 6, 3:00 pm

World renowned violinist Shlomo Mintz, who will both perform with and conduct the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in a week-long residency at Peabody, will give a free master class in Leith Symington Griswold Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Sunday, October 7, 2:00 pm

Donald Harrison Jr., a jazz saxophonist from New Orleans, will give a free jazzmaster class in Cohen-Davison Family Theatre. The event is free and open to the public.

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